Nose pump



Pafenfed Dec. 10, 1946 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFcE NoSE fUffP Quan Ifof, Boston, ffoss.

A licfion August 11, 19, Setial No. 9,061

(cL 128Z06) 1 This inventiof1 felates to a nose p11Inp eSpeoia11y adapted fof foroing nledicated air into the nostrils of the nose When congested and the prinlafy object of the invention is the pfovisiof1 of a device of this charaotef Whioh wi11be sifnple to opef ate and very inexpensive to Inanufacture, con

Sequently pefInitting the dist1'ibution thefeof at a1OW ooSt.

with these and other objects in vieW aS Wi11 be oofne n1ofe appafent as the desofiptiof1 pfo oeedS, the invention conSiSts of ceftain nove1 fea tufes of oonstruotion, ooInbination and arfange n1ent of pafts as Wi11 be hefeinafter lT1ore fully desofibed and olaifned.

Fof a conlplete undefstanding of ITly invention, fefefenoe iS to'be hajd to the foHowing de sofiption and aooofnpanying dfavving, in Which= gufe 1 is a top plan vieW illustfating a nose puInp oof1StfIfcted if1 arocofdnce With fny inven tion;

Figllre 2 is a Side elevation illuStrating the de vloe;

gure 3 iS a veftical sectional view illustfating the devioe.

Befeffing in detail to the dfaWing, the nofnefal 5 indicates an air be11ows, vvhile 6 repreSentS spaced tapered aif diSchafge elefnentS halving con1nlu11ication vVith one end of the bellows and in vvhich is arfanged fnedicated fnatefia1 T pfef efably in-the fofm of fW ootton fmpfegnated vvith a seleoted Tnedicine. ThuInb and nger Stfaps 8 and 9 afe seoufed to the benows to foilitate the hand1ing and operation of the lattef. Air intake openings ID are fofIned in opposite wallS of the benows and diSchafge openings afe pfovided of one of the end vva11S, plaoing the aff diSchafge eleInents 6 in difect oofnfnunioation vvith the intefiof of the be11ovvs, 1a.p type vallves lz fnay be pfovided fof the inlet openingS In adapted to pefInit aif to entef the bellows ffeely, but whjoh Wi11 olose and pfevent the eS cape of aif thfough the openin gs when the be11ovVs iS oonapSed. f desifed, the flap valves 2 Inay be on1itted and the openings fQ oon troned b the index ngef and thumb of the op efatof,s hand.

The be11ows 5 is of a box-1ike oonStfuotion of substantially fectangu1af shape inc11lding tooand botton1 wanS |3 and |4, end walls l5 and lB and side vfalls fT, a11 of integfa1 construotion. The end v7a11 ls and the Side vva11s IT have creaSeS thefein so that the top and bottom Wa 11S may be fna.de to flex towafds and ffom eaoh othef undef 1f1an11a1 pressofe. The efld, WaJ11 |5 has the openingS ll thefein to plaoe the aif disohafge e1eInents 6 in difect ooInInunioation vith the inteffof of the beHoWs.

f deSired, the thon1b and 1n er stTaps Ina be oonstfuoted of aj single length of Inatefial Which has itS ends Secufed to the top and bot ton1 vva11S and then Secufed to the end wa11 ls to stfengthen of feinfofoe the lattef.

The use of the flap valves l2 in this device Wi11 pfevent the entrance of fofeign n1atter to the interiof of the bellovvs when the devioe iS idle.

vvhile the device Inay be constfucted of any fnatefial Suitable fof the pufpose, ft iS pfeferable thart it be Inade of stfong papef in ofdef that the fnaJ1ufactufing ooSt of the device may be held to al fnininlufn.

In uSe, the elefnentS 6 aAre inSefted in the nostrils of the nose and the top and botto-Tn wans n1oved towafdS and ffom eaoh other by the opef atof to foroe aif thfogh the fnedioated Inatefia1 7 into the nostfils to felieve oongestion of the nose.

vvhile I have shown and desofibed the pfefeffed enlbodinlent of Iny invention, it Wi11 be undef Stood that Ininof ohanges in constfuotion, ooIn bination and arfangen1ent of partS Inay be Inade Withont depafting frofn the spifit and Scope of the invention as olaifned.

Iaving th11s deScribed fny invention, What olain1is= 1. In a nose pt1Inp a SubStantiany reotangular box like oof1Stf11ction inoluding ofeased vva11S to fofn1 al beHoWS oonstruotion and having aiI' intake and out1et openings, SubStantiaHy oonioal shaped elefnents oaffied by one end of the box 1fke oon stf11ction ovef the outlet openings, n1edicated fflatefia1 in Said elefnents, and thumb and fingef StfapS Seoufed to the box like conStruction, and of a single strip forolation Said Strip being Se o11fed to opposite vva11S of the box like conStfIlotion and one of the end walls thefeof.

2. In al f10Se p ufflp, 34 SubStantiaHy feotangulaf box like oonStfuction iflo111ding ofeased vva11S to foITn a benovs oonStfuction and having air in take and ootlet openings, a sobstantiaHy conioal shaped elefnent oafffed by one end of the box 1ike conStfuction over the outlet openings, fned icated nTatefia1 in said elen1ent, and thufnb and ngef stfaps secufed to the box. 1ike conStruc tion and of a single Stfip fofn1ation, said stI'ip bein secufedto opposite wallS of the box like oonstfuction and one of the efld vvalls thefeof, and flalp valveS fof the intake openingS.

QUAN HoR. 

